Position: Founder of I AM ABLE Africa, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works to ensure people with disabilities enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms

Goal: To become an international advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities

Position: Provincial delegate of Coalizao, an organization that teaches life, communications and leadership skills to youth

Goal: To empower girls; to stop child marriage and teen pregnancies; to strengthen leadership skills of youth; and to involve young people in socio-economic development

Position: Head teacher, Rivers of Knowledge Academy, co-educational secondary institution

Goal: To make quality education in Nigeria truly free and accessible to all children regardless of social and financial status

Position: Program officer, UTZ, coffee and cocoa certification program

Goal: To promote good-governance practices by empowering citizens to monitor the implementation of pro-poor interventions in her country

Position: Internships with several organizations, including United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR), the Ethiopian Federal Supreme Court, and Human Right Council-Ethiopia (EHRCO)

Goal: To pursue a career in human rights

Position: National executive director, 4-H Liberia

Goal: To build partnerships that create sustainable development

Position: Ministry of Agriculture position that helps farmers attain sustainable livelihoods; co-founder and director of organization that develops young entrepreneurs

Goal: To understand how NGOs can grow and function in a sustainable way

Position: Program coordinator, ActionAid International Somaliland, a collaborative program to eradicate poverty and injustice

Goal: To stand for the rights and freedoms of the oppressed; to empower women with assets such as conflict-resolution and leadership skills

Position: Communications officer, Village Health Works, provider of community-driven medical care

Goal: To start a nonprofit aimed at highlighting innovative solutions for Africa’s problems

Position: Works in communications department of Mediateca do Lubango, a library

Goal: To advance My Choice, a program she started for mentoring youth in life skills

Position: Co-founder, project manager of John Paul Inspire Foundation, which works to protect human rights, particularly those of women and children

Goal: To build on his work in human rights, peace advocacy and promoting youth development through entrepreneurship

Position: Resource mobilization manager for Youth First, a young women leadership program

Goal: To grow the capacity of youth development agencies in peripheral communities

Position: 2016 Namibia Youth Award Winner, in the category of “Outstanding Young Woman”

Goal: To expand opportunities for youth

Position: Food security and climate change officer, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Zimbabwe

Goal: To promote sustainable farming practices for food security and economic empowerment

Position: Project coordinator, Green Farmlands, her project designed to improve small scale farmers yield

Goal: To make agriculture sustainable for small-scale farmers

Position: Leader of Meru TZ Slow Food Convivium, an organization that works around the world to guarantee good, clean and fair food for everyone

Goal: To advocate for indigenous food producers’ rights and the protection of agro-biodiversity

Position: Technical director, FCPDEAM, the French-language acronym for the Congolese Federation for the Promotion and Development of Artisanal Mining

Goal: To help artisanal miners by influencing government policies related to artisanal mining, transparency and traceability of minerals

Position: Grants manager, Health Alliance International, an organization that promotes policies and support programs that strengthen government primary health care

Goal: To open an incubator training center in building trades for young single mothers

Position: Director, Sozo Network, an organization that provides leadership to disadvantaged teenagers in underserved communities and extends impacts of the Young African Leaders Initiative

Goal: To advance and expand Sozo

Position: Senior research fellow, Ruzivo Trust, a think tank focused on improving farming and rural areas

Goal: To impart knowledge and skills that strengthen the capacity of farmers to produce sustainably

Position: Founder and Director, Ikamva Labantwana Bethu (ILB), an educational program that enables children from Crossroads Township to have access to high quality education and job opportunities

Goal: To build on ILB’s success

Position: Works with PROTEC, an organization that helps prepare disadvantaged youth in South Africa for careers in the science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields

Goal: To expand the reach and effectiveness of the PROTEC program

Position: Fourth-year student at Kibabii University; provides computer training for children ages 5 to 14

Goal: To expand scope of training she offers children

Position: Business Administration student, University of Nairobi

Goal: To reduce illiteracy at all age levels of society

Position: Literacy advocate; youth mentor; founder of Art of a Child-Uganda, which teaches children literacy and arts skills in addition to deepening connections to their heritage; partnership coordinator for HerStory Campaign in Uganda, in which girls are taught literacy skills through the telling of their stories

Goal: To build literacy and art centers and to provide resources for educational achievement